2. BMW
BMW was created on 1997 from
the Munich firm Rapp-
Motorenwerke. The company
was incorporated into Knorr-
Bremse AG in 1920 before being
refounded as BMW AG in 1922. It
was the successor of Bayerische
Flugzeugwerke AG, founded in
1916. 1916 is therefore
considered BMW's founding year.
3. MASERITY
The Maserati brothers, alfia (1887–
1932), (1883–1980), Carlo (1881–1910),
Ettorex (1894–1990), and (1898–
1975), were all involved with
automobiles from the beginning
of the 20th century. Alfieri, Bindo,
and Ernesto built 2-litre Grand Prix
cars for diatto. In 1926,
4. MINI COOPER
ALL ABOUT MINI This article is
about the 1959–2000 Mini. For
the Mini models that have been
produced since 2001 by BMW,
see and mini hatch. For other
uses, see
“Cooper S” redirects here. For
the Feedtime album, see cooper
s.